MANILA - One in ten Filipinos get pregnant in their teens and are left taking care of young families instead of joining the workforce, setting back the fight against poverty, Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia said Thursday. Read more »

The Philippines has to fully implement its law on responsible parenthood and reproductive health, and provide employment to young workers to achieve a demographic transition and enjoy its accompanying potential benefits to the economy during this century, a United Nations agency said Thursday. Read more »

While the poverty incidence in the Philippines has eased in the first semester of 2015, residents of many provinces remain poor and do not have the income needed to meet basic food and non-food needs. Read more »

TOKYO - One in 29 babies born in Japan in 2014 had at least one parent born overseas as another nationality, a Kyodo News analysis of government data found, increasing the need to provide language support to such families at schools and medical facilities.
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The government of Thailand is urging businesses to hire more older people to soften the impact of the ageing workforce on productivity as well as limit the rise in the cost of its modest pension scheme. Read more »